Welcome to my genealogy blog. Genea-Musings features genealogy research tips and techniques, genealogy news items and commentary, genealogy humor, San Diego genealogy society news, family history research and some family history stories from the keyboard of Randy Seaver (of Chula Vista CA), who thinks that Genealogy Research Is really FUN!
Copyright (c) Randall J. Seaver, 2006-2015.

* ... you shamelessly hawk your books, magazine articles, CDs, videos and lectures on mailing lists, Facebook and Twitter.* ... you were once injured by stacks of genealogy books and magazines falling on you.* ... you complain when less-experienced researchers with lower rates take away some of your business.* ... you think that "professional" means "getting paid for your work" and nothing more.

That's enough for now, and I know that they aren't that good (I'm really not very creative, I fear).

This has the potential to be interesting and funny. Give us one thought or many!

...if your business cards feature a headstone....if you missed your own family reunion because you were organizing a client's....if you find yourself mentally formating EE citations in antique shops....if you think 'professional' covers a wide ground - including ethical and thorough research for pay or not.

You call the oldest people you can find out of the blue(these are people that you have never talked to before, of course), and ask them for anything they can remember. You do not hesitate to knock on the door of the current owners of your ancestors homes and ask permission to enter and take photos.

...if you've ever been locked in a library after hours because you were so engrossed you didn't realize everyone else had left....if you've ever talked a courthouse clerk in a distant locale into locking you in for the rest of the weekend when the staff closed at Saturday noon....if you've ever left a repository when it closed at 5:00 and dashed to another town whose library stays open late--because you're hot on a trail you just can't abandon.... if you feel privileged to practice a profession that keeps you enthused, inspired, and challenged.

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About Me

I am a native San Diegan, a graduate of San Diego State University, a retired aerospace engineer, a genealogist and a family guy.
My wife (Angel Linda) and I have two lovely daughters, and four darling grandchildren. We love to visit them and have them visit us.
Angel Linda and I love to travel to visit friends and relatives, to sightsee, to cruise or to do genealogy. Our travels have taken us all over the USA, to England, Down Under and Scandinavia.
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